Walking Blog

Yesterday I walked the towpath to Rickmansworth to locate the Post Office and check that they would accept Post Restante mail, it was a pleasant enough walk, there is quite a long run of permit holder moorings and then as you near the town a very reasonable section of visitor moorings and there were a couple of spaces but I decided to stay where I am, it’s more peaceful, I was surprised that the Tesco customer moorings do not allow an overnight stay so you can only pop in and spend your money then scoot off again, anyway the Post Office was fine and now I just have to see if it is not a problem when I go in to pick the mail up, fortunately, I thought, the Post office was also a Pick-up location for something I wanted off Amazon, but when I tried to place the order it said “this item cannot be delivered to a pick-up location”, well that’s a great help Amazon!

So today I thought I would walk around the lakes here, it’s pleasant but overcast and there are, as I mentioned before, lots of Lakes to walk, so I woke at 8am which seems to be what my body clocks likes,..........bloody hell as I am typing this some woman has just stepped onto the back of my boat so her husband could take a picture of her, words have been exchanged, she didn’t apparently think it would be a problem, it’s my home, stay off unless you’re invited!........ where was I, oh yes, so camera to hand I set off about 10:30 and walked back along the towpath towards Springwell Lock where you can access the circular walks around the Lakes, Springwell Lake first then Stockers Lake and then alongside the Rickmansworth Aquadrome, it is a bit muddy at this time of year but all in all very well maintained and no litter to be seen anywhere, lots of dog walkers and joggers about and the Aquadrome has a cafe and usual amenities, a very pleasant couple of hours, and now back on the boat time for tea and run the engine to charge the batteries and leave you with a few pictures.